Robert J. Doyle

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Robert J. Doyle is an accomplished attorney and partner at Due Doyle Fanning & Alderfer, LLP, with more than 40 years of experience representing insurers, employers, businesses, and individuals in workers' compensation and insurance defense matters. Recognized as an Indiana Super Lawyer every year since 2004, Rob holds Martindale-Hubbell's prestigious AV Preeminent peer-review rating and is a Fellow of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers.

Rob concentrates his practice on workers' compensation defense, insurance defense, mediation, and arbitration. He represents employers and insurance carriers in contested claims, complex disability disputes, occupational disease matters, and other litigation involving Indiana workers' compensation law.

In addition to his litigation practice, Rob is an experienced mediator who has handled hundreds of workers' compensation mediations. He serves on the faculty of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association's mediation training program and regularly assists parties in resolving contested claims through negotiation and alternative dispute resolution.

Rob is a past president of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana and has been an active contributor to the development and understanding of Indiana workers' compensation law. He has authored numerous articles and educational materials addressing tort liability, insurance, occupational disease, permanent disability, and workers' compensation issues. He frequently lectures for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, Indiana Self-Insurers Association, and other professional organizations throughout the state.

Beyond his legal career, Rob is a 1999 inductee into the DePauw University Athletics Hall of Fame, where he was a record-setting quarterback. He also served as head football coach at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis from 2017 through 2026.

A graduate of Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Rob has practiced law in Indiana since 1985.

Practice Areas:

• Workers' Compensation Defense
• Insurance Defense
• Mediation and Arbitration

Education:

• Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, J.D., 1985

Honors and Awards:

• Indiana Super Lawyers®, 2004-2026
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating
• Fellow, College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
• DePauw University Athletics Hall of Fame, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, Fellow
• Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, Past President, Workers' Compensation Section
• Indiana State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Law Club of Indianapolis
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, Mediation Training Faculty

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• What Every Tort Lawyer Should Know, The Indiana Lawyer, 1998
• Mediation and Settlement of Workers' Compensation Claims, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, 2011 and 2013
• Strategies from the Other Side: The Plaintiff's Best Practices from the Defense Perspective, 2012
• Occupational Disease Statute, 2013
• Legal Causation in Indiana, 2014
• Case Law Update, 2014
• Recent Trends in Workers' Compensation, 2015
• Defending Claims for Permanent and Total Disability: A Vocational and Legal Perspective, 2015

Bar Admissions:

• Indiana, 1985